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>> The Royal Bank of Scotland reported its first full year profit in a decade on Friday, a milestone worth celebrating. But investors didn't come to the party, instead its shares fell 4.6%, after the bank gave no update on a multibillion dollar misconduct charge, that had hope to settle last year.

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The bank was bailed out to the tune of 45 billion pounds during the financial crisis and the government wants to sell down is 71% stake, but can't while that threat of a major fine from the US Department of Justice still lingers. While RBS made an annual profit of 752 million pounds, compared with an almost 7 billion dollar loss the year before, it warned that this year would also see a hit to costs, as it ramps up its restructuring.